On October 1st 2004, Roger Williams and Former President Jimmy Carter mutually shared their 80th birthday at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. As tradition on his birthday, Roger played songs requested by the audience in a fully improvised piano marathon. On this day, he broke his own record and played for a full thirteen and a half hours.

Enjoy a short excerpt here from that day when Roger performed Autumn Leaves and Happy Birthday to himself and the president! You can also watch a 1 hour video of that day in the ‘videos’ section of this website.

This year we commemorate the 50 Year Anniversary of Born Free winning an Oscar for the ‘Best Original Music Score’. Roger Williams performed his hit record, Born Free, in this 1967 Academy Awards Ceremony production, introduced by Bob Hope.